[IC] A darker side to Tony (me and EveIris)

[Magic223]

Tony was furious. His mood snapping "You have no right." he snarled as the man left. He was coughing more. He held his head. He really didn't look well, He was in tears.
"I know Pepper." He whispered. He didn't know what to do. He knew they needed to find Thor. He leaned on the wall. He was sweating and he closed his eyes.
"Are you alright Pepper?" He was making sure she wasn't hurt from when Bruce smashed the glass.

Bruce turned back to himself. "Are you alright Tony?" He seemed to be worried about his friend. He looked at the smashed glass "Agian sorry for that."
He knew Tony wanted to keep Pepper safe.

[EveIris]

Pepper quickly stood and moved over in front of him as she placed her hand over his shoulder. “Tony… you need to be resting.. whatever is in your system is hurting you.” She spoke as she glanced over to Bruce who was now returning back to normal. “I’m fine Tony, come on… I’ll help you up. Get you back to bed,” she whispered as she gently stood up trying to help him stand. “Thank you… you probably saved my life,” she was now addressing Banner, she had been terrified that he would attack her especially since the stranger had come so close but he hadn’t gotten the chance to do anything to her.

“Bruce… can you help Tony get back in bed? I need to make some calls and handle the situation with JARVIS. Our system is offline and that could be bad if anyone caught wind of that,” she explained knowing that everything was a mess. She needed to contact Jane to see if Thor was around and it didn’t seem like anyone could help them at this point unless she were to contact SHIELD and if they caught wind of Tony’s invention with the new element, that would result in even more trouble.

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"But he could come back..." Tony was worried. He looked very pale. It was clear that even if he was very sick. He needed to protect Pepper. But after a big wave of dizziness he gave up and went to go and lay down.
He curled up. He knew Pepper was worried about him.
Even if he was sick, he was still not wanting to give up on protecting people.
"Be careful Pepper." he whispered. He coughed a bit.

Bruce was looking around. He knew he needed to find out how to help Tony. Tony was feeling weak and stressed. He knew that he couldn't do much when he was sick. But he would try. He was coughing badly.
The man wanted to know who had took his data and why. He groaned in pain.

[EveIris]

"Security will be here soon, especially after the alarm going off like this. I'll be fine Tony," she assured before leaving. Heading downstairs she was greeted with police cars and people who of course questioned her. Despite the fact that she could have lost her life earlier she was required to do damage control. She informed the police that it was nothing more than a break in and a report would be filled out for it. She needed to also handle paperwork for getting the lab repaired. It had taken an hour to sort everything out before she could tend to JARVIS. A lot of his system was damaged, it seemed like the man who infiltrated had used a virus to shut JARVIS's main system down. There wasn't much she could do considering how Tony was the one who handled this, thankfully JARVIS was still under the back up sever so he managed to explain a few things that Pepper could do so he could regain control over the building.

When Pepper finally returned back up she found Tony in bed again. Glancing over to Bruce she gave him a concerned look. "How is he?" she asked softly. He needed help, they couldn't just do nothing, but there wasn't anything that they could do either.

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Tony knew he needed to check things over and see if he needed to repair JARVIS. He was stressed and really refused to rest. He wanted to get up. He was coughing quite a bit. He hoped that everything else was ok.
He knew the plans for his project had been taken.
"JARVIS.. how much damage have you sustained."
The AI did his best to explian. Tony groaned and wanted to get up even more, He was sweating and he coughed.

"He is miserable but he wants to get up and repair things he doesn't look like he wants to stay in bed." Bruce explained "We really need Thor, I think he would know more about this element," He explained.
Tony was shivering and groaning "I have to repair JARVIS."
He coughed and tried to get up again.

[EveIris]

Pepper sighed as she moved over to Tony, taking a seat down on the bed as she gently pushed him back down so that he was laying on his back. Placing her hand over her forehead she felt how warm he was, a sure sign that his fever was returning. “Tony.. your fever is coming back. Listen JARVIS already informed me of what’s damaged and I’ve done what I can to restore him temporarily. Thor is on his way along with Jane… I said it was urgent.” She explained before sighing again. This was too much for one day, the building was damaged, Tony lost his data and he was terribly ill and now it would be likely that they would need to answer to SHIELD.

“Just rest until he gets here okay? We’ll figure out what’s going on,” she assured before placing a soft kiss over his forehead. Turning her attention back to Bruce she moved over to him rubbing her arms as she did, "Jane said that it could be really serious if it was an element that's not from earth.. she said she had been infected with something like that once before and couldn't explain in much detail." She whispered softly though her concern was evident by her tone.

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Tony lay back down. He didn't want to. He clearly wasn't feeling good. He didn't know what he was going to do. He seemed scared and worried for Pepper's safety. He knew that she wouldn't let him get up. What ever was going on was bad.
He coughed badly.

"I can't relax," He gasped. He wondered how far away Thor and Jane were. Thor was heading thier way with Jane. Tony just coughed. Hearing Jane had said this could be serious. He got rather neverous and wondered what would happen.
He curled up.
The genius knew he needed to rest.

[EveIris]

An hour had passed until Thor and Jane arrived, her hair was messy a sure sign that they were in a rush. Perhaps even flying? She didn't know, honestly Pepper could care less on how they came. "Thank goodness you're here." She spoke as she rushed over to them. It had taken a lot out of her to not call 911. She really wanted Tony to see someone since he only looked like he was getting worse. "What is the problem?" the large man asked before noticing Bruce as he nodded over to him. Pepper went ahead and began explaining the situation, it was hard not to keep the panic out of her voice since she was scared. Jane listened in quietly though she shook her head, "I never had that when I fell ill, but what I had was very different from the first place, it wasn't an element," Jane spoke up as Pepper frowned.

"I don't know what to do, whatever it is in his body... it's killing him," Pepper explained.

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"I'm not dying!!!" TOny snarled. He picked up his glass and threw it at the wall. He coughed weakly. He seemed to be breathing deeply. He wasn't doing well. He looked up seeing THor and Jane.
"Hey blondie." he said to THor "And blondies girlfriend.''
He still had to call people by nicknames and such. He coughed and looked very ill.

He wondered if Thor would know much about the element. It was Asgardian but Tony didn't know. He breathed deeply. He seemed in pain. He curled up in his blankets and he groaned in pain.
What ever the element was , seemed to be effecting him badly.

[EveIris]

Pepper flinched when she heard Tony raise his voice. Her head turned as she glanced over to where the loud sound was made. "Yeah that didn't happen to me," Jane commented with confidence as she motioned to Tony's outburst. "Look Thor was it? If this element isn't of earth what can we do? You're the only thing that's not from here," Pepper spoke though Jane frowned at her words.

"Thor took me away from here... They scanned my body. You'd be amazed at the technology they have there it's something like ours," she spoke out with excitement. "What?! I can't let Tony leave here... Look at him. He's seriously ill!" Pepper shouted with frustration.

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Thor was looking at Tony "It seems to be Asgardian element. But Pepper is right taking Tony to Asgard isn't a good idea. He is too weak and sick at this point." He was determied to help his friend though. "I will do my best."
He seemed to be thinking.
Bruce was wondering if Thor would know what to do if he couldn't take Tony to Asgard.

"Asgardian?" Tony coughed and lay there. He seemed very weak. He knew Thor would figure out what to do. The god was not as smart as Loki but Tony was sure that Thor would know more about this than him.

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Pepper blinked as she glanced over to Tony. “Asgardian? But how could that be? An element from so far here on earth?” she asked with a raised brow. Jane moved over to Tony looking fascinated though it was obvious that she was still concerned. “An element hm? Is there anyway to extract it? I’d love to see what it is, especially if the great Tony Stark is researching it,” she mentioned only for Pepper to frown.

“That element is killing him, I don’t think you studying it would do any help,” she shouted with annoyance. Her temper was getting worse especially knowing how Tony was hurting. She could hear him coughing and groaning and she wanted to help him in anyway she can. “Thor is there anything we can do? I’ll try my best,” she spoke her tone a little more soft now.

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Tony was looking at her and then at Thor. He waited to see what Thor was going to say.Thor leaned over grabbing his bucket. He threw up and coughed up blood. He was very pale and dizzy.
He groaned in pain "Not a good idea JAne and I was using it not researching."
The man sighed "Supposed knowing nothing wasn't a good idea."

Thor was looking at him. "It won't be the element inside him, just its energy." He was thinking a bit "LOki might have left it here last time." He frowned. He was looking at Tony. "Going to need something to draw it out."
He replied.

[EveIris]

Pepper listened as she tried to think of something that they could do. “Draw it out? We don’t have anything that’s capable of that, we aren’t even sure how or where it’s concentrated in... we need to inform SHIELD about this… maybe they have something that could help?” She suggested only for Jane to shake her head. “You go to SHIELD and you’ll never see Tony again. I’ll have you know that they took away all my research before they wouldn’t even let me in when we first caught sight of the storm and Thor’s hammer. Who knows… if this energy source is useful they might even use it.” She commented as she crossed her arms.

Pepper silently cursed as she leaned against the wall, “Loki was it? Would he know about removing this since he was the one who left it here?” she asked. Though she wasn’t even sure where this Loki guy was, everything seemed to be bad right now but that didn’t stop Pepper from hoping. "Is this contagious as well? Cause we're all at risk.." she added knowing that she had been exposed to it a lot longer than they were since she had been with Tony since morning.

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"With something its attracted to" The god replied "Or magic." He went on. "Brother would know how to... But whether he would help is another thing, him and Tony don't like each other, Plus father had Loki locked up for his crimes here and on Asgard,"
He was looking at her. He knew Pepper was worried.

Tony was breathing deeply and he coughed. He groaned "No SHEILD... they want to know too much." he hoped that Thor had a plan. If it came to Loki he wasn't really keen, but he didn't want to die either.
He thought Loki deserved to stay locked up.
Thor was looking at them "Not contangious no.. just stay away from the actaul element." He replied.

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Pepper exhaled at the news, Loki was obviously going to be of no use since he was locked up. Even if he wasn’t Thor had a valid point, there would be no reason for Loki to help. Heck after hearing whats he did she would be scared that he’d kill Tony faster. Slowly she slid down the wall, for some reason sitting down felt a lot better than standing. Jane took notice as she moved over to her, “Pepper? Are you alright?” she asked softly only to see dark stain on the side of her blazer. “Pepper! You’re bleeding?!” she shouted as Pepper frowned at the volume of her voice.

Unbuttoning her blazer she could see the stain in her white shirt confirming that she had been injured but she hadn’t felt it. She had been concerned with Tony. “I’m fine,” she hissed as she glanced over to Tony hoping he hadn’t heard since Jane had practically blurted it out. The adrenaline she had was finally leaving her system and pain was setting in. “We have to help Tony first,” she mumbled as Jane sighed. “Bruce can you take a look?” she asked before glancing over at Thor. “This element, what is it attracted to? If we can find something to pull it out of his system that might work, would any normal human elements work?” she asked Thor hoping he had more knowledge on it.

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The genius was looking at her. He was breathing deeply. "Ugh." he felt terrible. He wanted to just get better. He wasn't sure what was going to happen if they left it much longer. He barely had the energy to fight it.
He knew Pepper was worried. He heard Jane.
"Pepper?" he looked worried "When did that happen."
He seemed annoyed she had hidden it.

Bruce went to look at Pepper's injury "You should have said, what if that become infected or you lost too much blood." He tended to her injury and was shaking his head. "Honestly your being as bad as Tony."
He sighed once he had sorted her injury out.
Thor was looking at Pepper "Gold would do it.' He replied.

[EveIris]

Pepper grunted as she felt the blazer come off. She wasn't sure where she was shot, but she knew she was shot probably when the glass in Tony's lab shattered. "I didn't know... until I got back here," she murmured. "Gold? We have that I'm sure Tony does in his lab," she muttered as she made an attempt to stand. Jane however shook her head, "You sit down, Bruce and I will go find it in his lab, Thor will stay here," she spoke as Pepper was helped over to a nearby chair. "JARVIS.. give them access to the material in his lab," Pepper spoke out as she placed pressure over her wound.

"I'll bring back some medicine," Jane assured before rushing into the elevator.

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Tony was looking at her. He was worried about her. He coughed badly. He coughed up blood. He seemed to moan in pain. "Pepper...," he was miserable. He knew that she needed to take it easy now too.
He seemed to be in tears, he was clearly more miserable than normal.
"I don't need help," He growled losing his temper again. "I'm fine."
Thor stayed with Tony and Pepper. "Calm down Tony," He replied.

Bruce headed with Jane into the lab once JARVIS gave them access. He hoped that Tony would be ok. He hoped that Tony did have some gold. He hoped it would be easy once they found some. He hoped that hadn't been taken either.
He sighed deeply.

[EveIris]

Pepper leaned back as she sighed softly, “I’m fine Tony,” she mentioned with assurance. The pain however was only increasing with time and she wanted to lie down. “It’ll be fine Tony, they’ll get that element out of your system,” she assured trying her best to sound confident about it.

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Jane entered the lab only to blink at the mess, glass shards covered the floor, the windows were shattered along with the door and when she asked what had happened, JARVIS informed her of an attack. One that she was clearly unaware of. She knew straight away that this was probably where Pepper had been shot, when she asked who was behind it there was no reply since no one knew either. Sighing softly she made her way over to a smaller room, gaining access she was amazed at all the material he had collected. “Oh my god, is that Holmium?” she asked as she moved over to hold the small container that contained the rare element. She couldn’t believe he had so much, still she forced herself to set it down and find the gold since Tony needed it badly. The moment it was found she took it back out though the debris was going to make it hard for her to find anything. “Do we need to melt it or is this just enough?” she asked with a raised brow.